The Half a King Trilogy

True Fans

A little while ago I was at a signing with Peter V. Brett, and a fan turned up with sigils from Peat’s books tattooed upon her body. I was naturally hurt and upset. Had I no true fans to deface their flesh with my work?

Turns out I have. Step forward, Brent!

And details:

The quotes are, ‘Love is a fine cushion to rest upon, but only hate can make you a better person’, ‘Armour is part of a state of mind in which you admit the possibility of being hit,’ and ‘People would far rather settle for an easy lie than a difficult truth, especially when it suits their own purposes.’ Noble sentiments, clearly expressed!

Sierra and Danielle took the less hardcore step of surrounding my books with weapons and taking a photo.

Joe, I am having a good go of it reading Red Country. I am about to start Act IV, and I hope you have some surprises left for me. One thing that would improve my enjoyment would be if some fan of yours posted a list of characters from your novels that I could take a gander at. I know I am probably missing some cameos and references, and that bothers me a bit. Does such a list exist anywhere on the internets?

Check out the thread on the A Song of Ice and Fire forums. Its in Misc. > Literature. Theres a spolier thread that has a fair amount of discussion on the characters that have previously appeared in Joe’s work, new characters and concepts etc.

I have read your works as well as those by Peter V Brett and although you seem to target different audiences – yours being the more adult segment – let there be no doubt, I think you are the better writer.

Second – what do you mean no true fans ??
What do you expect, that we take a pair bolt cutter and cut a finger off and perhaps lose a chunk out of one ear to better mirror the looks of the Bloody Nine ?
I personally preordered Red Country and – despite the moaning and groaning of my wife and kids – found that I simply had to read it in every spare moment until finished. I have had It that way with all your books and I can’t wait until you tell us all that you are back where you belong – In front of the computer writhing !!

So with this of my chest I will just mention that they are call wards in Peter V Bretts books – not sigils.
Have a nice day.
Kind regards
Anders

Dear Joe – huge fan, especially of the first law books, i just wanted to know if you had any ideas in the works for Ferro to pop back into the stories, shes always been an interesting character but after the last argument i havent read anything of her, just wondering thanks, Sam